“I could not even move.” Tsarukan told in detail why he withdrew from the title fight against Makhachev

A fighter of mixed martial arts Arman Tsarukoyan said that he refused the fight against the UFC champion of the Russian Lightweight Russian Islam Makhachev due to severe back pain, which violated the process of weight loss.

Previously, Tsarukoyan, due to back injury, starred from the fight on the UFC 311 with Makhachev. Armana was replaced by the Brazilian Renato Moikano, who lost to the Russian with a suffocating technique. After the tournament, the head of the UFC Dane White said that Tsarukyan would not receive a title fight in the near future.

– On Wednesday, I worked well, but when I went to bed, I began to feel pain in the lower back and could not fall asleep. For the whole night I slept for about 30 minutes, as I felt crazy pain. That morning I could not train. The team suggested waiting until the evening and see what would happen to my back. Then we went to the press conference.

After the press conference, when everything was in order, I began to reduce weight. During the weighting, my lower back began to get sick again. The weight went well. Then we called the doctor. I went to bed with an advantage of six pounds and wanted to finish this in the morning, but I could not fall asleep all night, my back hurt again. I could not even move on the bed. So at 5 in the morning I just said that I could not reduce weight because I can’t move, ”Tsarukan said in an interview with Jaxxon Podcast.

During his career in MMA, Tsarukoyan won 22 victories and suffered three defeats.

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